Supporting-rack for trousers



(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1.

W. GERHARD. SUPPORTING RACK FOR'TROUVSERS.

' No. 486,459. Patented Nov. 22, 1892.

FIGJ- n IIINIII 2 Sheets-Sheet 2..

(No Model.)

W. GERHARD.

SUPPORTING RACK FOR TROUSERS. No. 486,459. Patented Nov. 22, .1892.

9 R' m" "HR "'uuh' mi 1 W" Wm M Z '9 m k 8' F|G 4- VP (0 UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM GERHARD, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

SUPPORTING-RACK FOR TROUSERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 486,459, dated November22, 1892.

Application filed May 9, 1892. Serial No. 432,279- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM GERHARD, a citizen of the UnitedStates,residing at Mil- Waukee,in the county of Milwaukee and State ofWisconsin, have invented a new and useful Supporting-Rack for Trousers,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements insupporting-racks especially adapted for the support of trousers orpantaloons, and it consists in the construction and combination of theparts thereof, as will be more fully hereinafter described and claimed.

The object of this invention is to provide a device of the character setforth adapted to support trousers or pantaloons for display purposes orfor shielding them from dust, dirt, or injurious effects of exposure tothe suns rays, wherein the parts are simple and effective inconstruction and arrangement and comparatively inexpensive.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved rack,shown covered by the curtains thereof. Fig. 2 is a similar view with thecurtains removed and in stored position and showing the manner ofsupporting trousers or pantaloons therein. Fig. 3 is a transversesection on the line as 00, Fig. 2, and showing the rack as supported bya table. Fig. 4. is a longitudinal section on the line '51 y, Fig. 2,showing the rack supported by casters. Fig. 5 is a detailperspectiveview of one of the supporting-hooks.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in theseveral views.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates the base of therack, which is constructed of suitable material and may be ornamented inany manner. This base may rest upon a supporting-table removably or beprovided with casters, as shown in the accompanying drawings. A furtheruse of the said base will be in the form of abottom rest when the deviceis secured in permanent position. The said base 1 may also serve thepurpose of a table or support for different articles if so desired, andrising from the same are uprights 2, having arched or curvedconnectingbars 3 at the upper ends thereof, and to which are alsosecured longitudinal outer bars 4, ar-

ornamentation.

ranged parallel, and between which are centrally located a pair ofclosely-arranged bars 5 and 6, which are connected to'the cross-bars ofthe uprights. This constitutes a framework which, as shown, is ofsubstantiallyrectangular form, and the parts thereof may be constructedof suitable gas-pipe or other similar tubular structures, which may benickel-plated or otherwise embellished with At the opposite sides of theends thereof are hooks 7, and under the edge of the base-support arehooks 8, which are adapted to support a roller 9, having a curtain 10attached thereto when the latter is rolled up. When the said curtain isemployed as a covering, the roller 9 engages the hook 7, and therebysecurely draws the said curtain over the side of the frame hereinbeforeset forth and closes the same. This construction of curtain is providedon each side of the base to close the opposite sides of the frame, asshown in Fig. 1, and when the'same are rolled up they may be covered bya'suitable hinge-strip, as shown in Fig. 3. The ends of the device mayhave a similar construction of curtain extending across and entirelycovering the top portion of the frame, and also the end, which willprovide a complete closure; but, as shown, the said covering is madeloose and disconnectible, so that it may be suitably stored and appliedwhen desired. I

The trousers or pantaloons are supported between and by the bars 4 and 5and 4. and 6 on opposite sides of the device by hooks 11, (shown indetail in Fig. 5,) which consist of a hooked portion 12, havingdiverging arms 13, which are formed with return-bends to" provide meansfor inserting the same over the upper portions of the trousers 0rpantaloons, and said return-bends are constructed to come underneath thefront and rear sus ponder-buttons or other fastening in the trousers orpantaloons. One of these hooks is secured to opposite sides of apair oftrousers or pantaloons, and the hooked portion 12 of the same issuspended on the bars hereinbefore set forth.

It is obviously apparent that the curtains may have spring-actuateddevices in connection therewith, whereby the same may be auremoving thesame from the rack.

tomatically rolled and may also be provided with tying-cords to securethe same in position. Adevice of the character set forth is convenient,and the parts of the supportingframe are made high enough to permit thetrousers or pantaloons to be suspended at full length and be protectedfrom injury when in the frame by the inclosing-curtains surrounding thesame.

The precise manner of constructing the frame hereinbefore set forth, ashas been stated, may be varied, and the advantages and utility of a rackconstructed in accordance with the arrangement of the parts shown in theaccompanying drawings and hereinbefore set forth will be readilyapparent to those skilled in the art and need not be further enlargedupon herein.

By means of the rack hereinbefore set forth a customer is enabled to seeevery pair of pantaloons or trousers supported by the same, and mayreadily pull out the leg of any one of the pairs of pantaloons ortrousers without This avoids inconvenience and confusion arising frompiling said class of goods on a table, as is now commonly done.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. In arack of the character set forth, the combination of a base or support,uprights rising from said base or support and having upper arched orcurved connecting-bars, longitudinal outer bars attached to said archedor curved connecting-bars and arranged parallel, a pair of intermediateclosely-arranged parallel bars between said outer bars, supporting-hooksadapted to engage said bars, and inclosingburtains for the device,arranged in connection with the sides and ends an top, substantially asdescribed.

2. In a rack of the nature set forth, the combination of a base orsupport, a frame rising therefrom having outer bars having books at theopposite ends thereof and a pair of closely-arranged central bars, hooksadapted to engage said bars, and a covering for the said frame, aportion of which is adapted to be held in position by said hooks,substantially as described.

3. In a rack of the character set forth, the combination of a base orsupport having hooks projecting therefrom, side curtains connectedthereto and adapted to be rolled and supported by said hooks, a framerising therefrom having hooks thereon for connection of the curtainstherewith, said frame having parallel bars in the upper portion thereoffor supportof trousers or pantaloons thereon, and a curtain adapted tobe drawn over the top and ends of the said frame, substantially asdescribed.

4. In a rack of the character described, the table or portable support,a wire frame rising therefrom and having supporting-bars,hooks dependingtherefrom for the support of the pantaloons or other articles, theinclosiug curtains, and hooks at the top of the frame and at the bottomof the table for the support of the curtains when rolled up, as setforth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aflixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM GERHARD.

Witnesses:

CLARENCE J. BILLERLEOK, HENRY D. HUMMEL.

